Description of viral assemblages associated with the Gorgonia ventalina holobiont

Coral Reefs

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 487-491

  Hewson, I ^a   Brown, J M ^a   Burge, C A ^a   Couch, C S ^a   LaBarre, B A ^a   Mouchka, M E ^a   Naito, M ^a   Harvell, C D ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Community; Gorgonian; Metavirome; Virus

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; CORAL; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL ECOLOGY; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PROTEIN; VIRUS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN SEA;

ANTHOZOA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GORGONIA; GORGONIA VENTALINA; METAZOA; OSTREOCOCCUS; RNA VIRUSES;

EID: 84860357493     PISSN: 07224028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00338-011-0864-x     Document Type: Article

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